Cum priuil. summi Pontif. & Sac. Caes. Mtis. -- title page

Engraved title page of volume 1 is signed: "Balthasar Caymox ex:"

Each volume has separate engraved title page and begins new pagination and register

Title varies: Volume 2 has title: "Symbola uaria diuersorum principum, sacrosanc. ecclesiae & sacri imperij Romani". Volume 3 has title: "Symbola varia diuersorum principum, cum facili isagoge D. Anselmi de Boodt Brugensis"

Imprint varies: Volume 2 is dated 1602; Volume 3 is dated 1603

Illustrations: Volume 1: 352 emblems on 60 engraved plates; plate 13 corrected by pasteover; plates 1, 4, 9, 14, 24, 25, 51, 53, and 56 mounted over blank spaces; Volume 2: 243 emblems on 41 engraved plates; Volume 3: 287 emblems on 48 engraved plates; engraved dedicatory plate containing coat-of-arms

Pagination: Volume 1: [2], 141, [7] p.; Volume 2: [6], 183, [9] p.; Volume 3: [6], 201, [7] p

Signatures: Volume 1: A-L M; Volume 2: pi B-Q [R]; Volume 3: pi B-R S-T

Errata listed on page [1] of the final group in volume 3

Colophon, final leaf verso of volume 3: "Anno regnante roDoLpho IMperatore pIo, gLorIoso. Typis G.N." (Two initial Rs are set as small caps to make chronogram more obvious)

Head- and tail-pieces; initials

Includes indexes

The pagination of volume 1 does not match VD 17; pagination of volumes 2 and 3 agrees with VD 17

Illinois copy does not correspond to any issues or editions as described by Landwehr or Praz; nor to IDC microfiche, Newberry Library, or New York Public Library copies, cf. McGeary & Nash

Library copy is bound together in a single volume

Sir James Balfour's copy; his ownership inscription in ink at head of volume 1 title page: "Jacobiis Balfourius Kynardiae[?] Miles Leo Rex Armorium[?] sumpt. Lond. 1630 ..."

Volume 2 is imperfect; wants leaves pi2-3 and [R]1-2

McGeary & Nash. Emblem books at the University of Illinois

VD 17 (online)

VD 17 (online)

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